For a nematic polymethacrylate side chain liquid crystalline polymer, g 154 N 298 I (degreesC), the solidification-induced band texture has been observed aligned along the disclination under a polarizing optical microscope, when the specimen was quenched from 280degreesC to room temperature. The decoration technique of solidification-induced band texture, which is usually reported for main chain liquid crystalline polymers, was then introduced to reveal the director field pattern along a disclination for this side chain liquid crystalline polymer. It was found by infra-red dichroism measurements that the director orientation is parallel with the direction of the band. On this basis, disclinations with strength s = +/- 1/2 and s = +/- 1 were mapped according to the corresponding pattern of solidification-induced band texture. In addition, two types of inversion wall, loop-like and splay-type walls, were also found to be decorated by the solidification-induced band texture.